Nurturing may not always be easy because it includes being encouraging, supportive, and loving as a natural, spontaneous act. Nurturing is more expansive than providing food, clothing, and shelter. It includes building self-esteem, confidence, and hope as well as consoling those grieving from an important loss.
Nurturing provides reassurance in situations that appear hopeless. It rises above anger, resentment, and revenge-seeking when someone has been physically or emotionally hurt. Overriding the impulse to identify with suffering victims takes strength of character, which will be provided as you permit the Holy Spirit to nurture you.
Colossians 3:5 instructs you to put to death impure thoughts and evil desires so you can permit the peace of Christ to rule your heart. Then you can nurture others as God has nurtured you. Allow the presence of Christ in you to create the courage, desire, and determination to do for others what he has done for you.
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…Christ himself suffered for you and left you an
example, so that you would follow in his steps.
~1 Peter 2:21 Good News Bible
…And all of you serve each other with humble spirits,
for God gives special blessings to those who are humble, but sets himself
against those who are proud.
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